Editing Channel Lake, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Channel Lake is located in northwestern Lake County at {{coord|42|28|40|N|88|8|55|W|type:city_region:US}},<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the northwest and southwest sides of Channel Lake, part of the [[Chain O'Lakes]] system of lakes in northern Illinois leading to the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]]. It is bordered to the east by the community of [[Lake Catherine, Illinois|Lake Catherine]] and to the north by the village of [[Salem Lakes, Wisconsin]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Channel Lake CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}, or 24.90%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_17.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Illinois| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=December 20, 2019}}</ref>